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Give your Foundry Agent Custom Tools with MCP Servers on Azure Functions
Learn how to connect your MCP server hosted on Azure Functions to Microsoft Foundry agents. This post covers authentication options and setup steps to give your AI agent access to custom MCP tools.
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Introducing GitHub Copilot Modernization and diving into the assessment report as part of cloud modernization process
Read moreClick to read more about this postGitHub Copilot for Eclipse Is Going Open Source
We’re excited to announce that the GitHub Copilot for Eclipse plugin is going open source under the MIT license and will be hosted on GitHub under the microsoft organization in the coming weeks.
By open-sourcing the project, we’re inviting the community to contribute,...
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Mar 10, 2026
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.NET and .NET Framework March 2026 servicing releases updates
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A recap of the latest servicing updates for .NET and .NET Framework for March 2026.
.NET Blog
Mar 10, 2026
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Aspire Conf is Coming! Join us Live on March 23
Save the date and tune in for our free, livestream event on March 23. Discover Aspire and learn how it can transform the way you build and deploy your distributed apps and agents.
Aspire Blog
Mar 10, 2026
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A snappy answer when asked about dressing casually at IBM
Oh, this old thing?
The Old New Thing
Mar 9, 2026
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Announcing the Azure Skills Plugin
Part 1 of the Azure Skills Plugin series
Coding agents like GitHub Copilot and Claude Code are great at code, but getting your app to production on Azure is not just about writing code.
Really, it is about making the right calls. Which service fits this app? Which SKU fits this...
All things Azure
Mar 9, 2026
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Visual Studio Code 1.111
Learn what's new in Visual Studio Code 1.111
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VS Code Blog
Mar 9, 2026
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Extend your coding agent with .NET Skills
Introducing the dotnet/skills repository and how .NET agent skills can improve coding agent workflows.
.NET Blog
Mar 9, 2026
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Build a real-world example with Microsoft Agent Framework, Microsoft Foundry, MCP and Aspire
Building AI agents is getting easier. Deploying them as part of a real application, with multiple services, persistent state, and production infrastructure, is where things get complicated. Developers from the .NET community have requested whether a real-world example that shows running...
Microsoft for Developers
Mar 9, 2026
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Visual Studio Dev Essentials: Free, Practical Tools for Every Developer
When I first found Visual Studio Dev Essentials, it felt like discovering a hidden door in the developer toolkit world. I’d heard about free tools and cloud credits, but I wasn’t sure if it would really matter in day-to-day coding life. The short answer: it absolutely...
Visual Studio Blog
Mar 9, 2026
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General Availability: Email and SMS OTP as Second‑Factor MFA for Native Authentication in Entra External ID
Today we’re announcing the general availability of Email and SMS one‑time passcode (OTP) as second‑factor MFA for Native Authentication in Microsoft Entra External ID. This enables developers to add step‑up security to native sign‑in and sign‑up flows while keeping users fully...
Microsoft Entra Identity Platform